26 Feb, 2012

This week we only have one new anime release with Naruto Shippuden Box Set 8 This volume concludes the story from the previous release and begins a new story arc. We get to meet familiar face and new foes this time around as Orochimaru devises a plan to capture one of the tailed beasts. Kakashi and team are confronted by a formidable group and henchmen who are...

24 Feb, 2012

MVM have revealed today that they have another two new titles due for release this year. The first new title is .hack//Quantum a three part OVA series based on the popular .hack video games. Three friends, Sakuya, Tobias and Mary, while on a quest in “The World R:X” find themselves mixed up in a series of events that have greater reaching...

23 Feb, 2012

The past 24 hours have been very interesting for Bleach with two major stories breaking. It is becoming increasingly apparent that the current anime series of Bleach will be drawing to a conclusion on 27th March 2012. The series has been running continuously since 2004 and has had its fair share of ups and downs, the series has become notorious for...

22 Feb, 2012

The latest issue of the UK’s anime, manga and Asian pop culture magazine, NEO, is on sale this Thursday, 23rd February, 2012. Featured inside is a round up of the greatest anime movies of all time, featuring their very own top ten list, plus contributions from NEO readers themselves! NEO also contains previews of Fairy Tail and The New Prince of Tennis,...

22 Feb, 2012

But didn’t we just see a K-ON! figure review I hear you cry? Indeed we did, with a review of Alter’s Yui Hirasawa just a few months past.  This time though, we’ll be looking at her bandmate behind the drumkit, the feisty Ritsu Tainaka, in what might be the most elaborate figure we’ve yet seen.       Ritsu comes in a...

22 Feb, 2012

MVM have announced via their facebook page that the first of two new titles they will be releasing is Broken Blade. Broken Blade is a series of six OVA’s each one is 50 minutes in length, MVM have not announced how they intend to release the series but it will probably be as a single box set similar to the US release. Broken Blade will find itself as one...

20 Feb, 2012

Hyper Japan is the premier J-Culture event in the UK and is running it’s Spring show this weekend, from Friday 24th to Sunday 26th February 2012, at Earls Court in London. I attended the Sunday of the  last show, in July of last year, and it was an absolute blast, you can read the review here. Spread across the whole weekend and half of Friday, Hyper...

19 Feb, 2012

While some people might still be mourning the loss of The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya that should have been released on Blu-ray this week the release schedule for early 2012  is looking rather empty compared to this time last year with new releases few and far between for the next month or two. This week Manga Entertainment are releasing two complete box...

17 Feb, 2012

We just got some very exciting and completely unexpected news. It seems that NEO Magazine is no longer going to be the only Anime and Manga publication available on the high street for much longer. MyM “Moving Picture For Everyone” will be launching its first issue on 3rd May for just £3.45 and will be available at WHSmiths and all good newsagents....

16 Feb, 2012

After the fantastic narrative of the previous box set it comes as little surprise that this release falls short of reaching the same heights, although that is often the case when one story arc ends and a new one begins. The first episode quickly concludes the battle that the previous box set ended with. With the Akatsuki defeated and Naruto injured by his own...